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Field Fisher names new senior partner after election

Field Fisher Waterhouse has named corporate partner Nicholas Thompsell as its new senior partner following a contested election. Thompsell saw off competition from dispute resolution partner Stephen Gibbs to replace Jon Fife in the role.
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Dorsey boosts City corporate arm with hire of Addleshaws partner

Dorsey & Whitney has bolstered its City corporate practice with the hire of Addleshaw Goddard partner Matthew Doughty. Doughty, who is set to start at the US firm's London office later this month as a partner in the corporate team, joins the Minneapolis-headquartered firm after only two years with Addleshaws. He previously worked in the London office of O'Melveny & Myers.
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Eversheds extends arms to Mauritius and Albania

Eversheds has expanded its international presence into Mauritius and Albania after adding two new offices to its Eversheds International network. The firm has opened an office in Mauritius, through South African Eversheds International member firm Routledge Modise, and an office in Albania through Italian arm Eversheds Piergrossi Bianchini.
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Career Clinic: Has the crunch killed the corporate jobs market?

"I am a mid-level corporate/commercial lawyer at a good Australian firm, but I want to move to the UK, mainly for personal reasons but also to give my career a push along. All the news I read is that the bigger firms are in retrenchment mode, and not hiring, but has the entire corporate sector dried up? I suspect, but don't know, that even in a recession there must be work for commercial lawyers with good training and academics..?"
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Shearman in top gear on GM's Hummer sell-off

Shearman & Sterling has won a lead role on the acquisition of General Motors' Hummer brand by a Chinese industrial manufacturer. Shearman advised China's Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery (Tengzhong) on its purchase, in a deal reportedly worth up to $250m (£151m).
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Shearman leads on €3bn Danone rights issue

Shearman & Sterling and Bredin Prat have taken lead roles on French dairy and water company Danone's €3bn (£2.6bn) rights issue. The company, whose flagship products include Evian, Activia and Actimel, launched a public offering in France and Switzerland yesterday (1 June) accompanied by an international private placement in a bid to reduce its debt.
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A&O hires Venture Law team to go it alone in Singapore

Allen & Overy (A&O) has launched a standalone Singapore office after recruiting all lawyers at White & Case's former joint venture (JV) firm, Venture Law. It is understood that the magic circle law firm broke off its own JV with Singapore practice Shook Lin & Bok around a month ago. The two firms had been in a formal alliance since 2000.
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International Edition

Bristows to build links with Kilpatrick after US firm's City exit

Bristows is set to boost its relationship with Kilpatrick Stockton after the intellectual property boutique this month hired the US law firm's last London-based partner.
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International Edition

Field Fisher signs up Addleshaws corporate partner

Field Fisher Waterhouse has made its fifth lateral hire this year with the recruitment of a corporate partner from Addleshaw Goddard.
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International Edition

Cravath takes top role on AOL-Time Warner split

Cravath Swaine & Moore has taken the lead role on Time Warner's split from AOL, signalling the end of a $124bn (£77bn) tie-up that in 2000 was the biggest deal ever
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